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The humanitarian community remains deeply alarmed by the intensification of violence across Yemen, where children and women are reportedly being killed and maimed. Ground fighting and air strikes, particularly in Sana’a city and the Governorates of Sana’a, Sa’ada, Taizz, and Al Hudaydah,...

Mohammad Atef waits impatiently, sheltering in a parking lot outside the Al-Jumhoria Hospital in Yemen’s capital city, Sana’a. He is with his wife, who has cancer, and their two children. Mohammad’s wife desperately needs chemotherapy, and her only hope is a few steps away from her in the...

When explosive weapons are used in Yemen, 86 per cent of the people killed or injured are civilians, according to a report: “State of crisis: explosive weapons in Yemen,” issued this week by OCHA and NGO Action on Armed Violence (AOAV).
This number rises to 95 per cent when explosive weapons...

In conflicts the world over bombs and missiles routinely destroy people’s homes, killing and maiming the inhabitants and leaving the civilian population terrorised.
Three reports were launched on 21 September, the International Day of Peace, by OCHA and partners, including peace advocacy NGOs PAX...

As conflict continues to rage in Yemen, the fuel shortages are worsening, sending the economy into free fall. OCHA spoke to Yemenis to hear how the fuel shortages were affecting them.
Um Ali
Seven years ago, Um Ali began baking and selling cornbread at one of the main food markets in the old city of...